Barrier Free Manitoba

New Study explores barriers faced by Canadians with Disabilities http://www.canadianlabour.ca/en/new-study-explores-barriers-faced-canadians-with-disabilities
http://www.canadianlabour.ca/sites/clc/files/12-03DisabilityDayEng.pdf

"The Canadian Labour Congress has released a new study on the employment realities of Canadians with disabilities. The paper outlines the barriers to equal participation in society that Canadians with disabilities face, including exclusion from the workplace and a lack of accommodation in the workplace. Unemployment rates for workers with disabilities remain unacceptably high, which is why so many live in poverty. A major part of the problem, according to people with disabilities, is not skills, knowledge or ability, but the lack of accommodation, even though Canadian employers have a legal duty to accommodate and even though the measures to do so are generally inexpensive. The study concludes by calling for changes to income support programs, which often leave people trapped in a choice between low benefits and working for poverty wages.